Pad holder



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PAD HOLDER Robert T. Treacy, Brooklyn, N. Y., assignor to G. W. Danneman & 00., Inc., New York, N. Y.,

a corporation of New York Application May 18, 1939, Serial No. 274,469

3 Claims. (01. 281-44) This invention relates to pad holders in general extending upwardly from the plate I. The porand more particularly to holders for a pad of tion I8 of the flanges 3, 4 and 5, extend parallel 1 restaurant checks. to the main portion of the plate I and at a dis It has been customary for some time in restautance from the plate I that slightly exceeds in i 5 rants, especially of the counter type, for the at distance the thickness of an ordinary cardboard 5* tendant, waiter or Waitress, to connect or attach backing such as the cardboard backing 9 of the the pad of restaurant checks to the counter and pad it above which backing 9 there are secured after marking or recording the charge on the thesheets of restaurant checks II in the usual check while still part of the pad, then removing way by a binding 52 connected to the upper end 10 the check so marked and handing it to the cusof the backing 9. The height of the flange 8 also 10- tomer. preferably just exceeds in altitude the thickness Among the objects of the present invention, it of the cardboard backing 9 so that it will form a is aimed to provide an improved holder for pads shoulder or abutment at the upper end of the and particularly for restaurant check pads which plate I to obstruct the ready or accidental recan be manufactured at a minimum cost, can moval of the pad I0 after the same has been 15 be readily attached to the restaurant counter and secured to the plate I in the position shown in V in addition facilitate ready attachment and re- Fig, 2, but will not interfere with the ready fiexmoval of the pad from the holder. To this end, ing of the backing 9 to clear the flange 8 when the present invention contemplates the provision attaching the pad to the plate I. Obviously, as

of an inclined support having flanges for engagshown, the plate I, and therefore flanges 3, 4, 5 2O ing the backing ordinarily composed of cardboard and 8 are spaced from one another to conform or the like and having connecting means such as substantially to the dimensions of the backing 9 vacuum cups for connecting or attaching the of the pad I0. 7 support to the counter, It is still further an To anchor the plate I to the counter or supobject of the present invention to provide a oneporting surface I3, in the present instance, suc- 25 piece sheet metal support having flanges or fintion means are provided. It has been found that gers stamped out of the same for engaging the by using two suction cups I4 and I5 and securing backing of the pad and thereby attaching the them to extend from the lower face of the plate pad to the support, and in addition having vacslightly spaced from the upper edge I as shown,

3 uum-cup supporting means connected to one end that several advantages result. In the first place, of the support and extending downwardly thercas distinguished from a single vacuum cup, 2. firm from to engage the counter and at the same time writing support will be provided having a threeincline the support and thereby the pad relative point engagement, to wit, the two vacuum cups to the counter and consequently to facilitate writ- I4 and I5 and the lower edge 6 of the plate so a ing upon the pad. that rocking or Wobbling of the plate I and These, and other features, capabilities and adtherewith the writing surface of the pad II], will vantages of the invention will appear from the be positively prevented or eliminated. In the subjoined detailed description thereof illustrated next place, in this way the plate I can readily be in the accompanying drawing, in which inclined at the desired angle to facilitate writing.

Figure l is a perspective of the holder showing The vacuum cups used are more or less standard 40 the pad of restaurantchecks in dash and dot cutconsisting of a rubber body having a concave face line. v I6, a bell-shaped outer face I! terminating in an Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on the line 2-2 upper substantially cylindrical formation 26 with of Fig. l and a small internally threaded washer I9, molded in Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3-3 the same, and an opening in the rubber body 5 of Fig 2, registering with the opening in the washer I9 to The holder consists essentially of a sheet metal receive the threaded stem 20 of a screw 2|. The plate 2, having rounded corners 2, and three L- screw 21 has a head resting in the pocket 22 reshaped iianges 3, 4 and stamped out and bent ceding from the upper face of the plate I, the

to extend inwardly of the plate, the flanges 3 and pocket 22 being formed by expressing a portion 50 5 being disposed adjacent to, and parallel to, the of the plate I dOWnWardlY into the pp opposite longitudinal edges of the plate i, and the element 23. This cup-shaped element 23, prefflange 4 being disposed adjacent to, and parallel erably has its base 24 inclined to the plane of to, the lower edge 5 of the plate I. [it the upper the main portion of the plate I, see Fig. 2, and

edge I of the plate I, there is formed a flange 8 has an opening 25 in the center thereof to receive 55 the screw 2|. The inclined bases 24 of the cupshaped elements 23 are provided to align with the upper face of the vacuum cups 14, I5, so that the lower end, see Fig. 2, of the plate I will be properly positioned to engage the counter surface l3.

It is preferable, as shown, that the plate I consists of sheet metal and the flanges 3, 4, 5 and 8 as well as the cup-shaped elements 23 are stamped out of this sheet although it is of course also obvious that this plate I with its flanges and cup-shaped elements can also be formed out of a composition such as Bakelite or cast if desired.

t is obvious that various changes and modifications may be made to the details of construction without departing from the general spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a plate-like pad holder adapted to have the plane of its plate inclined with respect to a supporting surface by having the forward edge of said plate resting upon said supporting surface and having the rear edge of said plate elevated above said supporting surface; means for elevating said rear edge comprising a plurality of suction cups, and means mounting said cups upon the under-surface of said plate adjacent said rear edge at such an angle to the plane of said plate that the bottoms of said cups and said forward edge lie in the same plane inclined to the plane of said plate when said holder is placed upon said supporting surface.

2. In a plate-like pad. holder adapted to have the plane of the plate inclined with respect to a supporting surface by having the forward edge of said plate resting upon, and the rear edge of said plate elevated above, said surface; means for elevating said rear edge comprising a plurality of suction cups having their tops and bottoms lying in substantially parallel planes, and means for mounting the tops of said cups upon said holder adjacent said rear edge at such an angle to the plane of said plate that the bottoms of said cups and said forward edge lie in the same plane inclined to the plane of said plate when said plate is placed upon said supporting surface.

3. In a plate-like pad holder adapted to have the plane of the plate inclined with respect to asupporting surface by having the front edge of said plate resting upon, and. the rear edge of said plate elevated above, said surface; means for elevating said rear edge comprising a plurality of suction cups, embossments for fastening said cups to said plate depending from the lower surface of said plate and presenting hollowed portions in the upper surface of said plate and cup securing surfaces adjacent the bottom surface of said plate, said cup securing surfaces lying in a plane inclined to the plane of said plate such that the bottoms of said cups and said forward edge lie in the same plane inclined with respect to said plate when said plate rests upon said supporting surface, and bolt means countersunk in said hollowed portions for securing each of said cups to the cup securing surface of its respective embossment.

ROBERT T. TREACY. 

